Waxing appliance



Oct. 24, 1933. w- BUTCHER 1,931,686

WAXING APPLIANCE Filed Dec. 20, 1930 Patented Oct. 24, 1933 PATENTOFFICE VVAXING APPIANCEy v William L. Butcher, Newton, Mass.

Application December 20, 1930 Serial N0. 503,725y

2 Claims. (ci. g1g-39) The invention relates to a Waxing appliance forwaxingffloors or other objects.

The essential objectof the yinvention is toprovide means wherebyV anon-fiuid waxor waxing compound in tablet form may be applied to a iiooror object to be ywaxed withY even distribution and at a proper rate. Afurther object of the invention is to so clothe each Waxing tablet thatthe waxing unit thus provided maybe combined with other waxing unitsyand arranged in stack wherebythe. integrity ofthe wax tablets will bemaintained 'and loss by evaporation or breakage prevented in so far aspossible', the individual Aunits being used from time to time asoccasion may require. Other objects and advantages accruing therefromwillvbe referred to in the followingdescrption of the appliance, all ofwhich' can best be seen and understood by reference tothe drawing, inWhich Figure 1 is a plan of the appliance.

Fig. 2 is 'an end elevation thereofl v Y Fig. 3 is a section on the linea-s of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 shows in elevation a stack of WaxingY units towhich reference-will later be made.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary View on an enlarged scale showing a detail ofconstruction.

1 is the waxing appliance or unit. In its various parts the appliancecomprises the wax tablet 2; the container 3 for the tablet with side andend Walls 4 housing the sides and ends of the tablet; the receptacle 5backing the -container 3 and adapted to receive a rubbing block 6 towhich is pivotally secured a handle 7 (see Fig. 2) by which theappliance may be moved over the surface of a floor or object to bewaxed; a fabric 8 preferably cheesecloth or the like, covering the openfront of the container 3 and wax tablet within it and with extensionoverv the side and Aend walls of both the container 3 and the receptacle5; and the edging 9 secured to extend around the side and end walls ofthereceptacle 5.

The wax tablet 2, like the appliance or unit 1,

of which it constitutes a part, is preferably rectangular in form. Thetablet is of a relatively soft wax or paste which may be worn away byrubbing or attrition and in this Way applied to.

the floor or surface to be waxed as the appliance A is moved over it.

Y the wax through the meshes of the'fabric.

.lapse of the walls as explained' above.

tablet as aforesaid, Will by their bearing against f the surface to bewaxed, be enabled to effect an even distribution of the wax from thetablet and prevent a too free application thereof as they appliance ismoved over said surface. In other words, the character of the paper orsubstance forming the walls 4 surrounding the wax tablet is such thatthese walls by their bearing against the surface to be waxed willgradually collapse as force is applied for applying the wax, and theWax.. becomes Vslo-wly worn away by attritive action. The walls shouldbe of a character to collapse slowly only as the wax wears away. Inconsequence the walls will not only enable an .even distribution of thewax to be obtained, but

will also allow a very thin application of the wax inasmuch as theapplication will depend upon the extent to which the walls havecollapsed.

The wax is applied to the iloor or surface to be waxed by applicationthrough the porous mesh of the fabric 8, which is applied asbeforedescribed to extend over Vthe walls 4 of the 4waxcontainer and over andaround the ends of these walls and thence'over the open front oftheccn-l tainer, thereby necessitating the dispensing of In its attachmentto the Walls 4 of the container the fabric assists in obtaining a properdistribution of the Wax, reinforcing these walls at the same timepermitting by its iiexibility a gradual col- The walls 4 are preferablyof a depth slightly longer than the thickness of the wax tablet sothatthey will extend slightly beyond the face of the tablet. By itsturning around the ends of the walls 4 to pass over the open front ofthe container as aforesaid, the fabric will form bends 10 in the outeredges of these Walls and these bends Will enable the walls to hold thewax tablet in place out of contact with the fabric even though thefabric should become loosened from the container within which it lies.It is desirable that the wax should normally when not in use be kept outof contact with the fabric and this especially when the tablets arearranged in stack as will later be referred to. The bends 10 in thewalls also facilitate the proper collapsing of the walls 4 during theapplication of the'wax.

In order that wax from the tablet may readily be applied to the floor orsurface to be waxed when the waxing appliance is initially moved overthe surface of the floor and force applied for dispensing the wax, theouter face 11 of the tablet or that face which comes in contact with thefloor is preferably made corrugated or otherwise so formed that theinitial bearing surface of the tablet will be smaller than the totalface of the tablet. of the wax that it will readily pass through themeshes of the fabric at the very start o-f the operation and without thenecessity of applying any excessive pressure as would need to be appliedif the entire face of the tablet were brought into contact with thefloor or surface to be waxed.

A further adaptability of the waxing appliance or unit resides in thefact that it lends itself to an arrangement in which it may be combinedwith other waxing units of a similar character and arranged in stackwhereby the integrity of the contained wax tablets will Ybe maintainedand loss by evaporation or breakage prevented in so far as possible, theindividual units being used from time to time as required. To this end,in each unit the chamber within the receptacle 5, which receives therubbing block 6, when the wax is applied, bears a determinate relationto the size of the wax tablet, the walls surrounding it and the coveringfor these walls lying in the unit below the receptacle 5. The relationis such. that the receptacle 5 of one waxing unit will receive the waxtablet, its surrounding, walls and fabric covering of another superposedwaxing unit, and the size Vof each of the chambers of the severalreceptacles 5 will be sufficient notV only to re- Y. ceivethe Waxtablets as aforesaid, but so house thusbe arranged in stack and toassist in their support when so arranged and to encase the waxing unitsand their tablets in so far as possible,` e'achwaxing appliance or unitis provided with the edging 9 around its receptacle 5. This u edging isof arelative depth slightly in excess of the depth of the receptacle 5with rising above thevtop edge of the receptacle, and the edgingpresents square edges 12, 13 at its top and bottom,

respectively. In consequence when the several This tends to so weakenthe resistance.

Waxing appliances or units are arranged in stack as aforesaid theseedgings will lie superposed with bearing one on the other and willtogether make a substantially airtight casing around the several waxingappliances or units which they surround or encase. Generally thecombined waxing appliances or units thus arranged in stack are placedwithin an exterior receptacle or box 14 having a cover 15 as shown inFig. 4. In this figure itwill be observed that in orderto support thebottom wax appliance or unit it is necessary to place within the bottomof the box an auxiliary inside edging 9 which corresponds l with theedging 9 on the units, and enables the 'lowermost unit to be supportedin a manner similar to the support of the other units.

Having thus fully described my invention, I cla-im and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States:-

1. A waxing appliance comprising a hollow container having collapsibleside walls adapted to embrace a waxing tablet and having an open bottom,a receptacle positioned with its bottom resting upon the top of saidcontainer, said receptacle having an open top so as to receive a rubbingblock by which the appliance maybe moved over a surface to be waxed, afabric'closing the open bottom of said containenand means above saidcontainer adapted to cooperate with said receptacle to anchor saidfabric.

A waxing appliance comprising, a hollow container havingy collapsibleside walls adapted to embrace a waxing tablet and having an open bottom,a receptacle positionedl with its bottom resting upon the top of saidcontainer and exe L19 tending outwardly beyond the side-walls of thecontainer, said receptacle havingan open top so as to receive a rubbingblock by which the apd pliance may be moved over a surface to beiwaxed,a fabric closing the open bottom of said container, and means above saidcontaineradapted to cooperate with said receptacle to anchor saidfabric.

VwILLLLii/r L. BTCHE-R.

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